Quiz 8 MDCC FINAL EXAM AMERICAN (US) HISTORY I

Financially, the North did not reap any benefits from King Cotton.

• True

• False

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Approximately, what percentage of white southerners owned slaves in 1850?

• 75%

• 65%

• 50%

• 25%

Free blacks did not face resentment and discrimination in the North.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.9

New Orleans had one of the largest and most prosperous free black communities in the South.

• True

• False

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In 1808, the importation of African slaves into the United States became illegal. According to the law, the punishment for slavers was ____________ .

• a lengthy prison sentence
• death

• a fine

• none of the above

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CCSS.RI.3.5

Slaves often used a variety of methods and ways to slow or sabotage the work routine on plantations.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.8.9

Famous Abolitionists

Match each person with the correct answer. 

• Sojourner Truth

• The Liberator

• David Walker

• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas

• Frederick Douglas

• Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World

• William Lloyd Garrison

• a freed slave that fought for the end of slavery and women's rights

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___________ had the shortest presidency in American history. It only lasted four weeks.

• William Henry Harrison
• Andrew Jackson

• John Tyler

• James K. Polk

In 1845, __________ was formally invited to become the twenty-eighth state.

• Mississippi

• Oklahoma

• Texas
• California

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A major reason for the annexation of Texas was foreign policy. The United States did not want Texas to create an alliance with Great Britain or any other foreign power.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.8